Mk5 Golf GTi Buying Guide

After a two-generation snooze VW awoke well and truly rejuvenated with the Mk5 GTi. The plump and ponderous Mk3 and Mk4 had got us thinking VW had given up on hot hatches, so when the next GTi instalment arrived in early ‘05 there were gleeful whoops and wows of joy from all. It was fun, fast and much more focussed than before, but it was also as solid, sophisticated and stylish as ever. Four years on and its appeal hasn’t diminished but values have, leaving you to snaffle yourself a high-class hot hatch for a relatively low-rent price…

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